Lacing stud or button.



Patented Jan. l5, I90l. C, W..NEWMAN &. S. M; HECTOR.

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(Application filed Emma 14, 1900.)

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CLARENCE W. NEWMAN, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, AND SAMUEL M. RECTOR,NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

.LACING STUD OR BUTTON.

SIECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,063, dated January15, 1901.

Application filed June 14,1900. Serial No. |22L (N0 mOdB T0 ctZZ whom itmay concern:

Be it known that we, CLARENCE W. NEW- MAN, residing at Somerville,'inthe county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, and SAM- UEL M.REOTOR, residing at Newport, in the county of Newport and State of RhodeIsland, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Lacing Studs or Buttons; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lacingstuds or buttons of that class embracing a shank, with means for itsattachment to the material, such as a shoe or a corset, and a head orhook beneath which the lacing is engaged. Heretofore such devices havebeen of such a nature that while serviceable for mens shoes they are notfitted for ladies shoes for the reason that they are so apt to catch theskirt. Even the studs or hooks employed on mens shoes are apt to catchthe trousers and to split the lace.

It is one object of our invention to provide a lacing stud or buttonthat will overcome these objections, and to that end we form the samewith a fiat head, which may or may not be concaved upon its under faceto provide more space for the lace, and a shank disposed eccentricallywith relation to the head in order that more room may be provided forthe lace, and this shank is formed with a shoulder or flange adapted toengage the leather or other material upon one side to limit the passageof the shank through the material and the said shank terminating in aneyelet which is designed to be fastened to the underside of the materialby suitable means, as an eyelet-set, to bring the flange or shoulderdown firmly onto the opposite side of the material. The shank is asshort as possible to have the head fit down close enough to the materialto prevent a skirt from catching.

Our construction of lacing stud or button is such that the same may beemployed way down the upper instead of only about halfway, as is now thecustom, which latter is necessary in order to prevent catching of thetrousers, as would occur if the studs were extended below the bottom ofthe legs of the trousers.

By our construction, wherein the studs may be employed the entire lengthof the upper, a shoe may be laced up and unlaced with greater ease andin a much shorter space of time than where laced part way througheyelets.

Ourstud is capable of manufacture at small cost, is practicable anddurable, and it is believed it will fill a long-felt want.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoeprovided with our improved lacing studs or buttons. Fig. 2 is asubstantially central vertical section through one of the studs affixedto the material. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the studs orbuttons. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4 4; of Fig. 5.Fig. 5 is a top plan of one of the studs or buttons.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates thestud or button, which consists of the head a, which is practioally adisk with a flat top and rounded edges, as shown. This may be of anysuitable material and of any desired size, and it is provided with ashank B, which extends from its under face to one side of the center inone direction, but in axial line therewith in the other, as indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 5. In other words, the shank is eccentricallydisposed and is made as short as consistent with proper attachment, inorder that the head may lie as close as possible to the material toprevent the catching of a skirt or trousers therein. This shank is bypreference hollow, as seen in Fig. 2, and is provided at the properdistance from the under face of the head with a shoulder or flange b,which is designed to engage the material X to limit the passage of thestud-shank therethrough, as will be readily understood from Fig. 2.

It may be found more desirable to concave the under face of the disk atthe side opposite that'from which the shank extends in order to providegreater space for the lace, as will be understood upon reference toFigs. 2 and 3, Where the under face of the head is shown as thusconcaved at 0. Thus the lace may be placed flatwise under the head, asillustrated in Fig. 1.

In practice the shank is passed through the material until the flange orshoulder 19 thereof comes in contact with the upper side of thematerial, and then the end of the shank is upset or otherwise treated tosecure the'same against the under side of the material, by which meansthe material is firmly clamped between the said flange and the upsetportion (1 of the shank or eyelet.

It will thus be seen that we have produced a novel form of lacing studor button, simple, cheap, yet effective, easily applied, and durable forthe purposes for which it is intended; but while the structural featuresand the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated are what we atpresent consider preferable it is evident that changes and variationsmay be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages, and we therefore do not wish torestrict ourselves to the precise details of construction hereinillustrated. Neither is the use of the stud or button restricted toshoes, either for ladies or gentlemen, as it is evident that it isapplicable of use in other connections where lacing-studs are employed.

What we claim as new is 1. A lacing-stud consisting of a flat disklikehead of substantially equal thickness throughout with rounded bluntedges and a shank'eccentric throughout its entire length and providedwith a flange between its end and the under face of the said head, asand for the purpose specified.

2. A lacingstud consisting of a flat head of substantially equalthickness throughout and concaved upon its under face at one edge, andan eccentric shank extending from the under side of the head at a pointopposite the concavity, and provided with a flange as and for thepurpose specified.

3. The improved lacing stud or button herein described, consisting ofaflat disk-like head of substantially equal thickness throughout withrounded edges and concaved at one side of its center upon its underface, and a shank disposed eccentrically throughout its entire lengthand extending from the under face of the said head, the said shank beinghollow and provided between its end and its connection with the headwith an annular flange, adapted to serve as and for the purposespecified.

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